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What did Ukraine's blackouts look like on 22 October 2022?

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A look back at a day of power cuts and water-storage advice as Russian strikes kept hitting energy infrastructure.

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What did 21 October 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at a day when martial law, evacuations and strikes on energy infrastructure shaped the picture of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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What did 20 October 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at a day when martial law, Iranian drones, strikes on power plants and civilian evacuations pointed to a widening conflict.

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What the strikes of 18 October 2022 revealed

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A look back at a day of missile attacks on Ukrainian energy and water systems, alongside moves by Iran, the EU and Ukraine's parliament.

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What did 17 October 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at a day of drone strikes on Kyiv and Sumy and a new EU training mission for Ukraine's forces.

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What 17 October 2022 showed about the war

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Drone strikes on Kyiv and Sumy and a new EU training mission marked the day, with attacks reported on both sides of the front.

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What did 15 October 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at a day of violence at a Russian training ground, set beside two earlier developments in Kherson and Mykolaiv.

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What did 15 October 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at a day of shooting at a Russian training ground, set against evacuation plans for Kherson and an attack on Mykolaiv.

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What Kherson's evacuation order signalled on 13 October 2022

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A look back at a day when Russia announced civilian departures from Kherson while missiles struck Mykolaiv and Western air defence pledges accumulated.

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What did 12 October 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at a day when air defence pledges, a UN vote and strikes on civilians and infrastructure shaped the picture.

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What did the 10 October 2022 strikes change?

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A look back at the wave of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine, and the diplomatic friction over Moldovan airspace.

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Annexation on paper, retreat on the ground

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In the days around 6 October 2022, Moscow's legal claims over four Ukrainian regions ran alongside Ukrainian gains in the south and fresh strikes on Zaporizhzhia.

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Annexation on paper, shelling and retreat on the ground

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A look back at the days around 6 October 2022, when Moscow's legal claims over four Ukrainian regions met events on the front line and in Zaporizhzhia.

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Annexation on paper, retreat on the ground

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On 4 October 2022, Russia's upper house approved annexing four Ukrainian regions as Ukrainian forces pressed forward in Kherson Oblast.

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Was 3 October 2022 a turning point?

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Ukrainian advances in the south and a Russian command reshuffle marked the first days after Moscow announced annexations.

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What Russia's annexation signing really changed

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An analysis of the day Moscow declared four occupied regions its own, and how Kyiv, civilians and Russians trying to leave responded.

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What 27 September 2022 revealed about Russia's neighbours

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A look back at a day when Russia's mobilisation, border pressures and annexation plans reached the capitals of its neighbours.

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What did Russia's mobilisation set in motion?

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A retrospective on the reactions inside and beyond Russia to the mobilisation, as they stood on 26 September 2022.

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What the pressures of 24 September 2022 revealed

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A look back at a day when mobilisation queues, staged votes and a diplomatic downgrade pointed to strain on Moscow's war effort.

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What Putin's partial mobilisation signalled in September 2022

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A look back at the address, the reactions and the referendum announcements that framed 21 September 2022.

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